The Flying Spaghetti Monster? What's next, people???

a Flying Spaghetti Monster statue!

All Hail the Great Noodley One!

be careful what you wish for, "Christians."

That is hilarious!

Ruh Roh! LULZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm always appalled at how graphic some of the representations of the Christian Jesus on the cross are. Personally I think those things are psychologically damaging, displayed at the front of the sanctuaries forcing people to stare at them while they are spoon fed mythic propaganda.

to the lower classes: if you buck the system, this may happen to you. They weren't the first to rule by terror, of course, and they weren't the last

Under a system where family usually determined status, and where the losers often lost everything, notions that the rich should sell everything to benefit the poor and that we should all regard each other as brothers and sisters, could be extraordinarily threatening to the privileged, who were quite willing to suppress such subversive ideas

The Christian iconography was deliberate: it represented an ideological response to the Roman real-politik. Rather than being intimidated by Roman violence, the Christians chose to say: that poor homeless nobody you crucified is, for me, the King of Kings. They said that nothing could come of worshipping stone statues and that those who wanted to be set free by truth needed to confront a body hanging from a cross

Truly learned something from you here.

That is all.

here's a more recent photo

what?

Should I blame Lilith?

It would be fun to be there for the unveiling! Much more fun than the masses being held.

But, yeah, where are the breasts?

USA Today. All righty, then. Well, I'll get to work on a macaroni portrait of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Blasphemy, I tell you.

Right next to the National Christmas Tree and the one at Rockefeller Center.....

Eventually Christians may get the idea that Church and State might be better off separated.

And look at Baphomet caring for the children. That's a positive message for everyone.

"Tell us a story, Uncle Horned God!"

Just precious.

It was a indiegogo crowdfunding thing, meant as a protest against a Oklahoma City capitol ten commandments monument.

Satanic Temple is also bringing forward a religious freedom case against abortion waiting periods and legally-mandated misinformation in Missouri, as it violates their tenets of personal body choice. Also a crowdfunding campaign.

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Did they choose to add some extra symbols to it? It almost reminds me of Osiris meets Horned One.

I might technically be a member from the kickstarter (not sure), but I'm not actually an adherent (not that there's anything wrong with that), just support their separation of church and state and personal freedom campaigns

Just like the Christians.

the "graven images" bit was in the 10 Commandments. The Bible has a lot of good ideas. It's a shame so few Christians put them to work.

are only one type of image. Knock yourself out with the others.
Why is no graven images such a good idea? Why forbid one type of art as unholy?

Now a beaten man nailed to a cross by the palms of his hands? not cool, and very creepy.

It's not going to last long on any statehouse property and you can bet the authorities aren't going to expend many resources investigating what happened to it.

"Oh, your Satan statue got stolen? That's a shame..."

I'd buy it for a buck or two.

some protestors didn't he?

Bring back pagan debauchery, the cure for what ails.

who, what Republican hate radio-'star' it is.

But I remember the State spent thousands in taxpayer money to guard the statue with security cameras so American citizens who tried to touch the statue could be arrested, charged with crimes.

Republicans, the more right-extremist, the more free stuff they steal from the taxpayers.

That's a poor state too, they need that squandered state money.